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System Properties Comparison Amazon SimpleDB vs. AnzoGraph DB vs. Databricks vs. DataFS

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NameAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
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Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.29
Rank#303  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­simpledbcambridgesemantics.com/­anzographwww.databricks.comnewdatabase.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xsp
DeveloperAmazonCambridge SemanticsDatabricksMobiland AG
Initial release2007201820132018
Current release2.3, January 20211.1.263, October 2022
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Server operating systemshostedLinuxhostedWindows
Data schemeschema-freeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallynoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.with Databricks SQLno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Python
Python
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functions and aggregates
Triggersnonono, except callback-events from server when changes happened
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationAutomatic shardingProprietary Sharding system
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusteryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoKerberos/HDFS data loadingno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infonot needed in graphsyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesWindows-Profile
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Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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